Jan 24th 2012 - Views on a referendum for Scotland

24 January 2012

Tags: UKIP, referendum, Scotland

Views on a referendum for Scotland.

 

                                 

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                                            UK Independence Party

                       From the Office of Derek Clark, MEP, East Midlands

                       Rowan House, 23 Billing Road, Northampton NN1 5AT 

 

Tel: 01604 620064     Fax: 01604 636002

Email: mep@derekclarkmep.org.uk

Web: www.derekclarkmep.org.uk

Jan 24th, 2012

 

The Editor,

 

Dear Sir,

 

Further to the comments made in your pages and online regarding my views on a referendum for Scotland.

 

The countries of the UK grew together over several centuries and, yes, with quite a degree of conflict from which we have all recovered.

 

The difference is this was a gradual process resulting in a Parliament at Westminster wherein the elected representatives alone are responsible for initiating legislation. That applies whether they are English, Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish MPs. Legislation in the EU is initiated by the Commission which no-one elected.

 

I would not seek to deny Scotland the right to a referendum but I do think that both Scotland and the rest of the UK benefit from the current position. 

 

Do I deny the right for the UK to determine its future in the EU in the same way? No I don't, I want a referendum on our membership of the EU. But, whereas a Scottish referendum seems to be on the cards we are being constantly denied a referendum on our membership of the EU in spite of promises before the last election.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Derek Clark MEP